Statements (130)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:planet
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:NASA's_Kepler_mission
gptkb:Kepler_Space_Telescope gptkb:Kepler_mission |
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude |
not applicable
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gptkbp:area |
0.69 times the radius of Jupiter
0.7 times the radius of Jupiter 0.804 times the radius of Jupiter |
gptkbp:atmosphere |
gptkb:unknown
hydrogen and helium not confirmed potentially has a thick atmosphere |
gptkbp:average_temperature |
approximately 100 K
approximately 1000 K approximately -73 degrees Celsius |
gptkbp:companion_plants |
two stars
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gptkbp:composed_of |
hydrogen and helium
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gptkbp:contains |
gptkb:Kepler-16_A
gptkb:Kepler-16_B gptkb:star K-type and M-type stars Kepler-16 A and Kepler-16 B K4 V for Kepler-16 A M0 V for Kepler-16 B K dwarf and M dwarf |
gptkbp:controls |
gptkb:Kepler-16_system
approximately 4.5 billion years approximately 6 billion years |
gptkbp:country |
gptkb:galaxy
gptkb:unknown Kepler-16b orbits two stars. circumbinary planet circumbinary system formed in a circumbinary disk Kepler-16b and Kepler-16c formed in a binary star system |
gptkbp:depicted_in |
visible with telescopes
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gptkbp:discovered_by |
gptkb:The_Astrophysical_Journal
gptkb:Kepler_Space_Telescope gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center September 2011 transit method confirmed published in 2011 D. R. Ciardi et al. first confirmed circumbinary planet increased interest in circumbinary planets |
gptkbp:distance |
approximately 200 light years
approximately 200 light-years |
gptkbp:eccentricity |
0.16
0.0 |
gptkbp:elevation |
gptkb:unknown
elliptical stable orbit 0.704 AU from its stars complex due to two stars |
gptkbp:field |
gptkb:unknown
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gptkbp:future_plans |
low
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gptkbp:game_components |
two stars and one planet
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gptkbp:growth_habit |
gptkb:theorem
not habitable not considered habitable |
gptkbp:has_gameplay_element |
known
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gptkbp:has_luminosity |
affected by host stars
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gptkbp:has_spectral_type |
gptkb:unknown
not determined |
gptkbp:hosts |
gptkb:Kepler-16
gptkb:star |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Kepler-16b
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gptkbp:invasive_potential |
gptkb:unknown
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gptkbp:investment |
gptkb:unknown
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gptkbp:is_a_route_for |
approximately 2.5 hours
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gptkbp:is_aplace_for |
0.8 AU
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gptkbp:is_observed_in |
confirmed
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gptkbp:is_part_of |
Kepler-16b system
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gptkbp:lighting |
gptkb:2011
observed analyzed analyzed for transits observed by Kepler observed by Kepler mission |
gptkbp:mass |
0.333 times the mass of Jupiter
0.333 Mj 0.69 and 0.20 solar masses 0.804 Jupiter radii |
gptkbp:mission |
gptkb:Kepler-16
0.6 AU |
gptkbp:module |
experiences eclipses due to its binary star system
transiting both stars |
gptkbp:next_event |
planned for further study
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gptkbp:orbital_inclination |
90 degrees
approximately 90 degrees 88.5 degrees aligned with the binary stars |
gptkbp:orbital_period |
gptkb:unknown
not in resonance 1:1 with its stars 41.1 days 1:1 with Kepler-16 A 228.7 days not in resonance with its stars two stars orbiting each other varies with binary stars approximately 228.7 days |
gptkbp:origin |
gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
named after Johannes Kepler |
gptkbp:provides_information_on |
gptkb:NASA_Exoplanet_Archive
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gptkbp:related_species |
Kepler-34b, Kepler-35b
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gptkbp:research |
Kepler mission data
not performed difficult to observe directly Kepler light curves collected by NASA's Kepler mission |
gptkbp:research_focus |
helps understand circumbinary planets
exoplanetary atmospheres and habitability |
gptkbp:semi_major_axis |
0.704 AU
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gptkbp:surface |
gptkb:unknown
0.9 g not suitable for life likely cold and icy |
gptkbp:type |
gptkb:galaxy
circumbinary planet |
gptkbp:year |
approximately 230 days
41.1 41.1 Earth days approximately 228.7 Earth days 0.63 Earth years |
gptkbp:year_created |
gptkb:2011
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gptkbp:zone |
gptkb:battle
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